Archives: Speakers

John Scicchitano has thirty years of experience in leadership across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. As the founder and senior vice president of Pangea Global Ventures, John envisions a prosperous and food-secure West Africa propelled by private sector investment in inclusive green growth. John’s educational background includes degrees in Engineering from Princeton and Business… Read more »

Johannes Coetsee is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and portfolio manager for Africa at Advance Global Capital. With nearly a decade of experience in the financial industry, Jannes has developed a deep expertise in managing investments and operations across emerging markets, with a particular focus on Africa. He plays a key role in the firm’s… Read more »

“Joseph (Joe) Mate is a senior finance professional with over 18 years of experience at the intersection of investment banking, private credit investing, and capital mobilisation. He has a unique career path that spans executing and originating leveraged finance and M&A; transactions, deploying capital as a principal investor, and mobilising institutional and commercial capital to… Read more »

“Jo Fry joined British International Investment (BII), the UK development finance institution, in late 2019 to set up their Intermediated Credit team focused on supporting lending to BII’s markets via intermediaries.  She built this new team and strategy and now has a portfolio across credit funds, risk sharing with banks and structured debt in Africa… Read more »

“Highly astute and experienced marketing, communications, and partnerships specialists with leadership acumen in corporate relationship management, branding, marketing, and business development field. I have strong investment, export promotion and tourism marketing experience having spent over 12 years’ working in senior marketing, stakeholder, relationship and brand management roles at Brand South Africa, Department of Trade, Industry… Read more »

“Jim Chu is an entrepreneur and investor pioneering innovative applications of technology and finance to unlock new market opportunities and drive economic empowerment. Jim has spent 30+ years working in tech and investments in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. He is the founder and CEO of untapped-global.com, a technology company that builds infrastructure… Read more »

“Jibek Baihodjoeva is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience in consulting, research, and business development across agriculture, oil and gas, and manufacturing. Her expertise lies in strategic change, market analysis, and innovation, with a strong focus on scaling sustainable businesses. As one of Kenya’s first independent poultry farmers to successfully integrate technology-driven… Read more »

With a corporate finance and private equity background, combined with her environmental science and international relations specialisation, Jiao has worked in the international climate space in various sectors including waste management, sustainable agriculture, and energy projects. As deputy CEO of Catalytic, Jiao oversees the implementation of programmes and execute organisational strategic plans. A flagship initiative… Read more »

“Jenni Chamberlain serves as Chief Executive Officer of Altree Capital Ltd. (“Altree Capital”) and Portfolio Manager for the Africa Opportunities Fund SAC Ltd and its segregated portfolio companies, as well as the Founding Partner for the Altree Kadzi Gender Climate SPV. Jenni was named to the Africa Asset Management Power 50 in each of the… Read more »

Jeffrey Kirk is the managing partner of the Appleby British Virgin Islands office and he leads the BVI office Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, FinTech including digital assets, investment funds & services, private equity, (re)insurance and other corporate matters. He is also the global head… Read more »